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The Great Swamp has a radius of hundreds of miles and is dominated by dotted wetlands and lakes. In the northwest corner stands the Zoige Snow Mountain. Under the snow-capped mountains there are valleys with crisscrossed ravines and dense and deep forests. Such a piece of land lies between Ming and Xia.
There is a natural barrier, but for monks, it is not an impenetrable place. In fact, many monks often come to the Everglades, and they stay in the "Jade Land" for ten days and a half.
Three to five months.
What attracts the monks to the Great Swamp are the exotic flowers and plants growing here and the unique poisonous insects and beasts. According to Zhu Qigu's explanation, poison and medicine are actually the same thing most of the time. The key is how you use them.
Zhao Ran deeply agreed with this.
For example, the ghost scorpion that is unique to the Great Swamp will kill an ordinary person immediately if stung by it. Even monks are not much better. Those who are not deeply cultivated will have to go to hell if they do not take medicine in time. But this ghost scorpion
After boiling it into a soup and drying it in the sun, you can get a green powder, which can be refined into pills after adding a few auxiliary drugs - Taoism calls it Jingxuan Dan, and Buddhism calls it Zuowang Dan.
Has excellent restraint effect.
On the way forward, Zhu Qigu began to explain various matters that should be paid attention to after entering the swamp, as well as some tips that can help save lives when encountering danger. Zhao Ran tried his best to memorize all this knowledge, and explained some of it.
Ask questions repeatedly.
Zhu Qigu also specially warned Zhao Ran that in addition to poisonous insects and beasts and Buddhist demon monks in the swamp, he should also be careful when encountering loose cultivators. Because many monks enter the swamp purely for the relics of other death monks.
, even some of the fierce people, the first consideration is to turn the living into the dead. Zhao Ran understands this better, just like those famous characters in the game, in addition to killing NPCs, they also attack other players.
Is it just to pick up equipment?
At this time, rather than saying that Zhu Qigu is Zhao Ran's sister, it is better to say that Zhao Ran regards Zhu Qigu as a cheap master. As a time traveler, Zhao Ran takes seeking truth from facts as his code of conduct and does not deny that he is afraid of death. Perhaps he was watching Xianxia in his previous life.
He had read too many novels, and because he himself had no bones and could not practice magic, he naturally felt a little afraid of the possible conflict with the monks. Now that he could not avoid this disaster, he could not perform meritorious service as safely as he had imagined.
To be promoted and officially enter the ranks of monks with the golden finger bonus of thin rope, he could only muster up the courage to face his fears and learn as many skills as possible in the swamp. Therefore, he worked extra hard along the way, which made Zhu Qigu very satisfied.
The closer we got to the big swamp, the more and more small streams and water pools there were around, and the swamps in some places became softer and softer. The old donkey was carrying Zhao Ran forward, but sometimes he accidentally stepped on it, and his feet sank deep into the mud until he sank.
Ankle. When they got here, Zhu Qigu got off the sika deer and said to Zhao Ran: "We can't be lazy, let's go in. Don't bring your mount in, otherwise you will be in trouble and have to worry about it."
Zhao Ran jumped off the donkey's back, looked at his old donkey, and asked, "What should I do with my donkey?"
Zhu Qigu said: "Let him follow Xiao Qi, just wait here and look for food by himself." Seeing Zhao Ran's hesitation, she added: "Don't worry, my Xiao Qi's skills are not weak, and most people can't get close to him. It's enough."
But protect that donkey of yours... Well, your donkey is not bad, but I never asked you, where did this donkey come from?"
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "This is the one we kept in Wujiyuan. It was used for driving during cleaning. Later, I saved some money and bought it. This guy has a bad temper. Even I have to be nice.
When you serve him well and drink well, you have to call him 'brother donkey', otherwise he will cheat on me."
Zhu Qigu nodded: "You are lucky. In this case, there is no need to worry."
Zhao Ran lay on the old donkey's ears and warned: "Brother Donkey, I'm going in. You and this deer...this seventh girl should wait nearby."
"Ang, ang." The old donkey grunted twice, indicating that he understood.
Zhao Ran lowered his voice and said: "This seventh girl is pretty good. Use your tricks, put on a more handsome posture, and try to get it done! Don't blame me for not giving you a chance..."
"Ang——" The old donkey was dissatisfied, shook Zhao Ran away, glared at Zhao Ran, and then secretly glanced at the sika deer Xiaoqi over there.
Zhao Ran laughed, unloaded the small bamboo box containing his belongings from the donkey's back, slung it on his shoulders, and followed Zhu Qigu deep into the swamp.
Zhu Qigu led the way. She seemed to be familiar with the conditions in the swamp, and she avoided many swamp traps by going around.
Zhao Ran asked curiously: "Sister, have you been here before?"
Zhu Qigu nodded: "I came here seventeen years ago." The expression on her face suddenly became complicated, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
After walking for more than half an hour, they came to a pond. Zhu Qigu stopped and said, "Have a rest here."
Zhao Ran took off the bamboo basket from his back, rummaged through it, took out the dry food and handed it to Zhu Qigu. Zhu Qigu shook his head and refused: "Put away the dry food first and keep it. Unless you have reached the state of fasting, you must remember that eating
Try to find it as soon as possible, and try not to move the dry food you carry with you, as it is used to save lives at critical moments."
Well, Zhao Ran actually understands this truth, but he was more negligent when it happened to him, or he has not subconsciously developed this good habit.
"Then I'll go get some food. I don't know if there are any fish in this pond. I'll catch a couple of them to make grilled fish." Zhao Ran said and went to pick up a branch suitable for fishing rods and pulled it from the bamboo box.
I put on a spare clothes line, dug out a few earthworms in the mud, and successfully fished out two big fat fish from the pond.
Zhu Qigu watched Zhao Ran make a fire to grill the fish, took the grilled fish and ate it, praised it a few words, and said: "You are full too, and you must be very energetic, so let's start training. Set up a fire station near here.
You decide what formation you want. Think about the formation method I told you a few days ago. Don’t be too rigid about the formation diagram. Remember, what is the essence of the formation and what is the ultimate goal of the formation?
What."
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Zhao Ran nodded, entered a state of concentration, used his heavenly eyes, and began to carefully observe the movement of the heaven and earth around him.
Not long after, he had found a good place with plenty of moisture and was ready to set up his formation here.
A gurgling water eye was chosen as the formation eye, supplemented by a golden sword to attack, and then a jade seal was used to fix the surrounding soft soil, and a wooden ruler and cinnabar were used to match it, creating a disguised "Five Elements Mysterious Water Hidden Gold"
"The formation" is completed. Although the formation is simple, the placement of the magical instruments is very clever. They are stuck in several key positions where the qi changes, which can maximize the flow direction of the heaven and earth qi and make full use of the surrounding nature.
momentum.
Zhu Qigu carefully looked at the array set up by Zhao Ran, nodded, and said: "Under the soil slope in the northwest, there is a snake hole hidden in the third bush on the left. There is a big snake in it. Go and lure it away.
, kill it after it enters the formation, and try the power of your magic circle. Don't worry, the snake is not poisonous and has no demonic power. It is the most common snake and insect, but it is a bit bigger. Just be careful.
I'll be here to watch over you."
Zhao Ran picked up a three-foot-long branch, thought about it, threw it away, and found a longer and thicker one nearby. He tried the hardness and found it was pretty good, so he took the remaining fish head that he had just eaten.
The fish tail was wrapped with leaves and tied to a branch, and headed towards the slope. When it came to the bush pointed by Zhu Qigu, it turned to one side and looked around. There was indeed a hole the size of a plate hidden behind.
The branch holding the grilled fish stretched out to the entrance of the cave and swayed constantly.
Not long after, a red letter appeared at the entrance of the cave, poking around flexibly. Zhao Ran held his breath and swung the branch in his hand more diligently.
A big green-skinned python gradually came out of the cave. Its body was as thick as the mouth of a bowl. After it came out, it was about two feet long. Zhao Ran's scalp felt numb for a while. The big python came outside the cave.
He immediately stared at Zhao Ran, who was teasing it with a branch, his eyes filled with a frightening coldness.
Zhao Ran took two steps back, expecting the python to follow him, but the python ignored him and stared at Zhao Ran for a long time, spitting out his words, and then retreated into the cave.
Zhao Ran quickly picked up a piece of dirt and hit it directly on the python's head. The python stopped retreating and gradually stood upright, almost as tall as Zhao Ran.
Zhao Ran took two steps back again, and another lump of earth hit him. The python suddenly jumped up, like an arrow from a string!